ICE DUCER FLEX SLEEVE!!!This product i found browsing the enternet and boy i bought a 3 set already, helps alot! works as it says it does, they have fast shipping as well. Something so simple as this, im suprised no one else has thought of it in the past. WOW! Check it out heres the websight link for it

http://www.creative-fishing.com/index.html

It seperates the line from your transducer so you never have to pull your vexlar or marcum out of the hole again! It folds circularly into the hole and expands once it is in place. You can also join them if there is more ice then you hoped for! Seriously this is an awesome product. Its perfect for the all day angler out on the ice and even if your just bobbin around in areas it is easy to carry around, and it fits in a bucket! It can be stored either flat or circular your choice!

I won one of the "Ice Sleeves" you're talking about at the Fishapalooza contest on Forest Lake this year. I think it would work well in certain conditions. But when I went to lake of the woods 2 weeks ago and was on 36"s of ice, it didn't work at all. Due to the transducer being at the bottom of the ice and the sleeve only going down 12 inches. I think it would be ideal fishing on 8-12" of ice, any more or less then that, and it would be more of a hassle then a help. Just my 2 cents.